Name for free software project?

Hanno Böck ml at hboeck.de
Thu Dec 1 16:47:12 UTC 2005


Hi,

I hope this is the right place for such a question.

While I was discussing a free software project with a friend, we came to the 
question how to name our project.

The problem: It's nearly impossible to find a name that isn't used somewhere 
else. And even if the name is absolutely new, you can't be sure if someone 
thinks that it sounds similar to something else.
Now, how can someone be sure to choose a name for a project and that I won't 
be sued for it?
As there were a lot of strange lawsuits because of project names (e.g. the 
mobilix-case), it seems nearly impossible to be safe with it.

Any suggestions about that?

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